Amazing iPhone musical instrument
Ocarina really is one of the coolest things ever. If you have an iPhone and even the slightest interest in...
Archive for Music
Peter’s birthday, Marcy’s death-day
It snuck up on me. On Sunday, I glanced at my calendar for the coming week, and was surprised to...
Hilly seaside town
On the way home from the East Bay today, I turned on the radio in time to hear the end...
For lands afar and mine
Way back in early 2003, I wrote about hearing the Indigo Girls perform "Finlandia" with Joan Baez at a concert...
Beaker sings “Ode to Joy”
For the past couple years, this guy wzauscher has been posting videos of himself singing various classical works in multiple...
Tom Lehrer videos!
A whole collection of rare footage of Tom Lehrer on YouTube, apparently with his permission. Thanks, BDan! As I noted...
New-to-me music: David Mallett
I installed the Pandora app on my iPhone a month or so ago, and have been listening to it occasionally....
R.I.P., Alexander Courage (+ Trek theme lyrics)
Alexander Courage died last month. For those who don't know, he was a composer and arranger for TV and movies,...
New Kallet/Epstein/Cicone album! (and concert to come)
Back in 2003, I posted about attending a lovely Kallet/Epstein/Cicone concert, filled with their magnificent harmonies. Among other things, that...
Music coincidence
I'm listening to music while entering stories into the SH database. Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer's "Farewell to Bitterroot Valley"...
Album-only songs
There are certain albums on the iTunes Store that contain one or two particular songs that everyone wants, plus a...
Song chorus progression
One of the things I like about some country songs is the way the choruses work. For example, there seems...